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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by Mirioron on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:06PM (#19157566)
Wikipedia did this on one vote of article 11 & 13.
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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by raverbashing on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:12PM (#19157612)
Yes, hence why the current text has an exception for them

(They should still campaign against it though)

Except for art 11. Art 11 is shooting news orgs themselves in the foot, as evidenced by previous experiences in Spain and Germany.

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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by vesinisa on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:10PM (#19158061)
But Wikipedia is not even covered by the exceptions. They would have to fill all of the following criteria to not need apply upload filters:

1. Available to the public for less than 3 years,

2. Annual turnover below €10 million, and

3. Fewer than 5 million unique monthly visitors.

They fail 1 & 3 for certain. Possibly 2 as well (e.g. in 2017 WMF paid $33 million in staff salaries alone.)

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Re:The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has... by raverbashing on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:20PM (#19158137)
No, read the actual text, there's an explicit exception for online encyclopedias and other non-profit websites
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